McGwire Sowers hot hands at Monticello

Monticello NY, – The harness racing driver's colony at Monticello Raceway is deep. On any given day a handful of drivers have the ability to win multiple races in one day. On Tuesday it was McGwire Sowers who reeled off three winners on the 10 race card.

The triple for McGwire Sowers started with Retour Au Jeu (PP7) in race 3, the Dennis Laterza trained son of He's Watching scored in 1:57 – $6.80. The 3-year-old gelding notched his 6th win of the abbreviated season and pushed his seasonal earnings over $20,000. Poker Face (PP2) won race 6 in 2:01 – $4.20, the win gave trainer Bo Sowers a training double for the day.

Sowers final win of the afternoon was aboard another Sowers Canadian import, Tymal Dazzle (PP7) the robust 3-year-old daughter of Kadabra won in 2:01 – $2.90.

McGwire currently is in 6th place for leading dash winning drivers with 56 wins and a UDRS of .360. His father Bo, is leading trainers with 62 wins thus far in the season.

by Shawn Wiles, for Monticello Raceway